September 2011
3 posts
My Favorite Poem
If thou must love me, let it be for nought,
Except for love’s sake only. Do not say,
“I love her for her smile-her look-her way
Of speaking gently,-for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day”-
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee-and love, so wrought,
May be...
August 2011
1 post
House, but not a home.
Housesitting day 1.
Tonight is my first night to housesit Cale and Cory’s house. I’m staying here all week while their parents take them off to college.
I’ve known this day was coming for 3 years but this isn’t how I imagined it. Matt and Cale didn’t even say goodbye; I didn’t want a goodbye from Cory.
As I walk through this house for the first time in months...
June 2011
1 post
The thing about fighting with someone is that the truth always comes out.
You can say you didn’t mean it, but it had to come from somewhere.
May 2011
4 posts
AIDS in South Africa
God has been pounding this into my head recently.
South Africa has the fastest growing AIDS rate in the world. As if this isn’t bad enough, many Zulus in villages and small townships believe that having sex with a virgin will cure the disease. Obviously, this leads to the rapes of countless young girls further spreading HIV. Please pray for protection over these young girls, wisdom for the...
Don't ever think of fate, for fate is the excuse...
Don’t blame anyone, never complain of anyone or anything Because basically you have made of your life what you wanted. Accept the difficulties of edifying yourself And the worth of starting to correct your character. The triumph of the true man arises from the ashes of his mistakes. Never complain of your loneliness or your luck. Face it with courage and accept it. Somehow, they are the...
“My dear,
I can’t hear you.
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson